25-06-15

DEAR STUDENTS:
I WAS WAITING TO SEE YOU FOR OUR  CLASS BUT......... IT´S SUMMER TIME!!! I GUESS YOU MUST BE AT THE SWIMMING POOL SUNBATHING AND YOU DON´T FEEL LIKE HAVING YOUR ENGLISH CLASS.........DO YOU????
I  HAVE POSTED THE PRESENTATION OF OUR PROJECT FOR DFC. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!!!

HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!!

18-06-29

THIS WEEK WE FINISHED EDITING THE LETTER FOR THE DFC PROJECT.WE  WE DISCUSSING ON THE WAY TO SEND THE LETTER AND FINALLY THE STUDENTS DECIDED THAT THEY WILL BE SENDING THE LETTER BY ORDINARY MAIL:

:

ESTIMADO SEÑOR CONCEJAL DE URBANISMO:

Somos un grupo de alumnos de la academia "LEARN  & ENJOY" situada en la calle Perú, Leganés en el barrio del V Centenario.

Le escribimos está carta para comunicarle que estamos participando en un proyecto de la Organización No Gubernamental (ONG) "Design For Children"(DFC).

Nuestro proyecto consiste en investigar sobre las necesidades de la gente y la ciudad e intentar resolverlos. En particular, nos hemos centrado en la escasez de zonas para estacionamiento de bicicletas de Leganés.

Según nuestra propia experiencia los lugares donde harían falta serían en los centros comerciales, institutos, centros sanitarios y barrios como Leganés Norte.

Le agradeceríamos su colaboración para llevar a cabo este proyecto. La juventud de Leganés le estaría muy agradecido por su gesto de contar con estos nuevos recursos.

Desde ya le agradecemos su atención.

Atentamente

Los alumnos del grupo C9 de la academia "LEARN &ENJOY".

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
We're a group of students from "LEARN & ENJOY" academy, located in Peru Street, Quinto Centenario neighbourhood, in Leganés.
At present we're taking part in a project from the Non Govermental Organization (NGO) "Design for Children" (DFC).
Our Project consists in detecting people and city needs and try to solve them.
We have specially focused on the lack of parking areas for bikes in Leganés. According to our own experience these areas would be necessary in shopping centers, high schools, and some neighbourhoods such as Leganes Norte.
We would be grateful if you could cooperate with this project.
The young people in Leganes would be pleased to count on these new facilities.
Thanks for your attention. 
Yours sincerely

Studens of the C-9 group at "LEARN & ENJOY" academy.

WE'RE SENDING THIS LETTER TO THE TOWN HALL: Plaza Mayor, 1, 28911 Leganés, Madrid.

09-06-15

THIS CLASS  I HAD JUST ONE STUDENT, VICTOR AND HE DID THE END OF TERM-EXAM. ( I KNOW THAT YOU WERE VERY BUSY AT HOME STUDYNG FOR EXAMS!!)

THE FIRST EXERCISE WAS A LISTENING ABOUT A COLLEGE GRADUATE  WORKING AS A  PAPER BOY! YOU HAD TO FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH INFORMATION FROM THE LISTENING.
THEN ,FOR GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY YOU HAD AN EXERCISE  TO PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER.THERE WAS ANOTHER EXERCISE  TO COMPLETE WITH A RELATIVE PRONOUN, A REPORTED SENTENCE/QUESTION OR ADD THE CORRECT PUNCTUATION FOR RELATIVE CLAUSES.
AS FOR THE READING COMPREHENSION THERE WAS A TEXT ABOUT AGATHA CHRISTIE. THEN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MARK SOME STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE.
FOR WRITING YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO WRITE AN EMAIL TO A FRIEND DESCRIBING THINGS YOU HAVE DONE RECENTLY AND ALSO TALK ABOUT YOUR  FUTURE PLANS.YOU HAD TO ASK ABOUT HIS/ HER FAMILY.
FOR THE SPEAKING PART YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS USING MODALS, USED TO, THIRD CONDITIONAL,  PAST PERFECT, ETC. FINALLY,  YOU ARE TO PRODUCE A CONVERSATION  WITH A PARTNER ON THE COURSE TOPICS.
YOU HAVE NOT  SUBMITTED YOUR PAPERS FOR ME TO CHECK WITH THE MATERIAL FOR THE SPECIAL CLASS!!.

04--06-15

NO CLASSES ON THAT DAY ( CORPUS CHRISTY CELEBRATION)

28-05

WE  CHECKED SOME HOMEWORK ABOUT DEFINING AND NON DEFINING RELATIVES CLAUSES.
THERE WAS AN EXERCISE IN WICH FIRST YOU HAD TO DECIDE  WHETHER THE SENTENCE WAS DEFINING OR NON DEFINING. THEN YOU WERE GIVEN  SOME PHRASES FOR YOU TO COMPLETE THE NON DEFINING ONES.
 SOME OF YOU HAD BEEN ABSENT THE CLASS BEFORE,SO WE HAD TO REVISE THEIR USE. -THEN WE PRACTISED ANOTHER EXERCISE FOR YOU TO ADD THE PUNCTUATION DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF CLAUSE
ON THE SECOND PART, YOU HAD THE SPECIAL CLASS ABOUT SUMMER TIME; SOME OF YOU VISITED ANOTHER CLASSRROM TO BE THE TEACHERS AND SOME STUDENTS FROM THE OTHER CLASS VISITED US AS STUDENTS. YOU GAVE THEM  SOME ACTIVITIES : CROSSWORD  TO FIND VOCABULARY ABOUT SUMMER TIME, THERE ALSO WAS A GUESSING GAME .
 FINALLY YOU PLAYED A SONG FOR THEM TO FILL IN WITH SOME VOCABULARY: "ENDLESS SUMMER".
FOR HOMEWORK YOU WERE ASIGNED AN EXERCISE WITH TWO PARTS:  FIRST YOU HAVE TO MATCH THE HALVES  OF A SENTENCE AND   THEN YOU MUST COMPLETE THEM WITH A RELATIVE PRONOUN.

21-05-15

 THIS CLASS WE INTRODUCED THE USE OF DEFINING AND NON DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES. WE ANALISED THEIR USE.
YOU STARTED BY REFRESHING THE USE OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS: WHO, WHICH,WHOSE, WHAT,WHEN, WHERE.
WE COMMENTED IN WHICH CASES WE COULD OMIT THE PRONOUN.THEN YOU REVISED TWO SENTENCES WITH CLAUSES AND YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY IN WHICH CASES THE INFORMATION WAS NOT ESSENTIAL.
THEN WE READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT ABOT A FAMOUS ACTOR/SINGER:JOHN TRAVOLTA. YOU ANALISED A TEXT ABOUT HIS LIFESTYLE AND HIS PASSION: FLYING PLANES-IT TOOK YOU MORE THAN THE EXPECTED, BUT YOU COULD INSERT THE CLAUSES: WHO LIVES,WHICH IS BUILT,WHOSE 3.5 MILLION MANSION,MOST OF WHOM SHARE,ETC
 WE ALSO ANALISED THE VOCABULARY ON THE TEXT.
YOU HAD TO CHECK ON THE ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT FLIPPED CLASS. THE TOPIC IS: SUMMER HOLIDAYS. WE FOUND OUT SOME PUZZLES BUT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BRING YOUR OWN MATERIAL FROM HOME.

FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DECIDE IF THE SENTENCES ARE BEST COMPLETED WITH A DEFINING OR NON DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSE AND  AFTER THAT, YOU HAVE TO  ADD A RELATIVE  PRONOUNS AND COMMAS WHERE NECESSARY. YOU CAN ALSO OMIT THE PRONOUN IF POSSIBLE
.

14-05-15

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS WE REVISED HOMEWORK.
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TURN INTO DIRECT SPEECH SOME INFORMATION FROM AN AGENDA. YOU DID IT WELL. THEN WE CONTINUED FILLING IN AN EXERCISE REPORTING QUESTIONS, STATEMENTS AND COMMANDS.
THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER EXERCISE IN WHICH FIRST YOU HAD TO MAKE UP THE QUESTIONS BASED ON THE ANSWERS OF A DIALOGUE AND THEN  YOU HAD TO REPORT THE QUESTIONS.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REPORT SOME QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON A PHOTOCOPY.
ON THE SECOND PART,WE FINISHED WATCHING THE FILM DRAGON FLY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER POSSIBLE ENDINGS FOR THE FILM AND YOU GAVE YOUR OPINIONS ABOUT IT.
FOR NEXT CLASS YOU ARE ALSO SUPPOSED TO BRING IDEAS FOR THE SPECIAL CLASS FOR THE TERM.

07-05-15

THIS WEEK WE HAD A COMPLETE REVISON ABOUT REPORTED SPEECH.
WE REVISED QUESTIONS AND COMMANDS  IN REPORTED SPEECH.
WE PRACTISED THAT BY WORKING IN PAIRS. ONE STUDENT SAY SOMETHING TO THE OTHER AND THE SECOND STUDENT HAD TO REPORT IT.. WE HAD A WRITTEN EXERCISE TO FILL IN WRITING IN DIRECT SPEECH WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED.
WE HAD A LISTENING IN WHICH YOU HAD TO REPORT WHAT PEOPLE SAID.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE TO FILL IN AN EXERCISE  TO TURN  A TEXT INTO  DIRECT STYLE -

ON THE SECOND PART YOU DISCUSSED ABOUT WHO TO SEND THE LETTER FOR DFC PROJECT. STUDENTS FINALLY DECIDED TO SEND THE LETTER TO THE DIFFERENT PARTIES THAT ARE STANDING FOR THE NEXT LOCAL ELECTIONS. STUDENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT THE NAMES FOR THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES..
FINALLY, WE CONTINUED WATCHING THE FILM DRAGONFLY: WE MADE A SUMMARY OF THE STORY, ANALISED SOME VOCABULARY.

30-04-15

THERE WERE ONLY TWO STUDENTS IN THE CLASS; ANGEL AND JULIO.
ON THE FIRST PART WE REVISED SOME HOMEWORK ABOUT REPORTED SPEECH.YOU GUYS ARE LAZY PEOPLE! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO REPORT SENTENCES AND QUESTIONS.
WE INTRODUCED THE USE OF SOME OTHER VERBS TO REPORT; ASK, TELL, ORDER,INVITE, REMIND, BEG, REFUSE, ETC. YOU FILLED IN AN EXERCISE WITH THOSE VERBS.
WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT TWO NEIGHBOURS WHO DO NOT GET ON WELL, GIVING THEIR DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT EACH OTHER.THEN YOU HAD TO REPORT THEIR  OPINIONS.
ON THE LAST EXERCISE, JULIO HAD TO REPORT DIFFERENT KIND OF QUESTIONS ANGEL WAS ASKING HIM AND THE OTHER WAY ROUND. THAT WAS VERY FUNNY!!
FINALLY YOU TYPED A CLEAR COPY OF THE SPANISH VERSION(  ANGEL WAS
SUPPOSED TO DO IT AT HOME!)FOR THE LETTER THE GROUP IS SENDING TO THE TOWN HALL CONCERNING THE PROJECT FOR DFC.( VICTOR WAS ASSIGNED THE ENGLISH VERSION.).
NOW YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT THE NAME FOR THE  HEAD OF THE URBANIZATION DEPARTMENT IN THAT OFFICE.
FOR HOMEWWORK YOU WERE ASIGNED SOME OTHER EXERCISE  TO USE THE NEW VERS FOR REPORTED SPEECH.

23-04-15

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS,WE STARTED CHECKING HOMEWORK ABOUT REPORTED SPEECH.THEN WE CONTINUED  WITH A LISTENING.
THERE WAS AN EXERCISE FOR YOU TO TURN INTO REPORTED SPEECH.NEXT, YOU DID IT THE OTHER WAY ROUND: THERE WAS A TEXT IN INDIRECT SPEECH AND YOU TRANSFORMED INTO DIRECT SPEECH.
ON THE SECOND PART. WE CONTINUED THE LETTER FOR THE PROJECT WORK FOR DFC
WE REVISED SOME EXPRESSION FOR FORMAL LETTERS: EXPRESSION TO START A LETTER, TO END IT,TO EXPRESS THE REASON FOR WRITING, TO MAKE REQUESTS, CLOSING REMARKS, ETC.
VICTOR WILL MAKE THE CLEAR COPY FOR STHE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE LETTER AND ANGEL WILL DO THE SAME  WITH THE SPANISH ONE. THEN THEY WILL POST THEM ON THIS BLOG.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU WERE ASIGNED SOME EXERCISES TO PRACTISE REPORTED       SPEECH






CARTA:


ESTIMADO SEÑOR CONCEJAL DE URBANISMO:
Somos un grupo de alumnos de la academia"Learn & Enjoy" situada en la calle Perú, Leganes en el barrio del V centenario.
Le escribimos está carta para comunicarle que estamos participando en un proyecto de la ONG "Desing For Children"(DFC).
Nuestro proyecto consiste en investigar sobre las necesidades de la gente y la ciudad e intentar resolverlos. En particular, nos hemos centrado en la escasez de zonas para estacionamiento de bicicletas de Leganés.
Según nuestra propia experiencia los lugares donde harían falta serían en: los centros comerciales, institutos,centros sanitarios y barrios como Leganés Norte.
Le agradeceríamos su colaboración para llevar a cabo este proyecto. La juventud de Leganes le estaría muy agradecido por su gesto de contar con estos nuevos recursos.
Desde ya le agradecemos su atención.
Atentamente: los alumnos del grupo C9 de la academia"Learn &Enjoy".

15/04

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED REVISING REPORTED SPEECH. WE CHECKED TENSES THROUGH AN EXERCISE THEN WE TOOK A TEXT IN INDIRECT STYLE AND TURNED IT INTO THE DIRECT STYLE. YOU STILL NEED SOME MORE PRACTICE! WE HAD A LISTENING TO REPORT WHAT PEOPLE WAS SAYING. IT WAS A FUNNY SITUATION!
ON THE SECOND PART, WE CONTINUED WRITING THE LETTER FOR OUR PROJECT FOR D.F.C. YOU FINALLY MANAGED TO END THE LETTER. WE STILL HAD TO WRITE THE ENGLISH VERSION FOR THE LETTER.
DAN IS GOING TO FIND OUT THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO WE SHOULD BE SENDING THE LETTER TO.
NEXT CLASS, I'LL TEACH YOU SOME EXPRESSIONS FOR A FORMAL LETTER, AND THIS TIME, YOU'LL HAS TO WRITE IT UP ON YOUR OWN.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPOSSED TO FILL IN AN EXERCISE REPORTING STATEMENTS AND A DIALOGUE.

10-04-15

ON THE FIRST PART YOU FILLED IN THE WRITTEN REVISION.
THEN WE CHECKED ALL THE MISTAKES AND DISCUSSED THE DIFFERENT MISTAKES. YOU EXPRESSED YOUR OPINIONS.THE LISTENING SEEMED TO BE HARD FOR YOU.NEXT CLASS I´LL GIVE THE FINAL SCORES.

ON THE SECOND PART WE CONTINUED WITH THE PROJECT FOR DFC.
YOU BRAINSTORMED THE IDEAS YOU NEEDED TO EXPRESS IN THE LETTER FOR THE TOWN HALL:
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE LETTER, (ADDRESSING THE RIGHT PERSON)
INTRODUCING YOURSELF
THE REASON FOR WRITING
POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR THE BIKE PARKS.
ENDING THE LETTER.

YOU HAVE NEARLY FINISHED THE LETTER IN SPANISH. ONCE YOU FINISH THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO WRITE THE ENGLISH VERSION.

FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO FINISH WRITING THE LETTER. WE`LL SEE YOUR IDEAS!

26/03/2015

ON THE FIRST PART, YOU  STARTED FILING IN THE WRITTEN REVISION. IT WAS VERY HARD TO DO IT SINCE ON THAT DAY YOU WERE COMPLETELY ABSENT MINDED (YOU WERE ALREADY ON HOLYDAY AT HIGH SCHOOL) YOU LOOKED VERY TIRED.
ON THE SECOND PART, WE CONTINUED WATCHING THE FILM: "DRAGONFLY". WE REVISED THE STORY AND THE PREVIOUS VOCABULARY.
THIS TERM, THE OLIMPICS' WINNER WAS: ANGEL! THE ACADEMY HAS AWARDED HIM WITH A T-SHIRT WITH THE NAME OF THE INSTITUTION ON IT.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS AND GATHER STRENGHT FOR THE LAST TERM OF THE YEAR! HAPPY EASTER!

12-03

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS WE CHECKED SOME SENTENCES YOU HAD TO TURN INTO REPORTED SPEECH. YOU DID A GREAT JOB!
THEN WE INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF REPORTED SPEECH IN QUESTIONS. WE ANALIZED THE ORDER IN  INDIRECT QUESTIONS, WE REVISED THE USE OF INTRODUCTORY VERBS SUCH AS ASKED, WANTED TO KNOW, ENQUIRED, ETC
AS AN EXAMPLE  YOU TRANSFORMED SOME QUESTIONS IN CLASS. YOU EVEN GAVE YOUR OWN EXAMPLES.
FOR HOMEWOK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE  REPORTING QUESTIONS FROM A COPY YOU WERE GIVEN.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. IT WAS  A NICE TALK!!

ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS, WE  STARTED  WATCHING THE FILM DRAGONFLY.
 I INTRODUCED SOME DETAILS AND VOCABULARY ABOUT THE STORY.

05/03

05-03-2015 

On the first part of the class we introduced the idea of reported speech in sentences. You analyzed the tenses correspondence and gave your examples. You also revised the use of modals adverbs (might, may, could). You filled it in your first examples. Not a big deal! You are supposed to complete some other exercises before introducing R.S in questions.

On the second part, we continued with our project for DFC. You had to decide to work on the idea of asking the Town hall for more bicycles stands to park those vehicles. We were analyzing who you should write the letter to, how formal it should be, what it was that you were really asking for and where those parkings would really be necessary.

For homework, you are supposed to interview different people to get to know their opinions about this project. You should ask them their views, what they think is going to  benefit from the project. Next class you will report on that!

26-02-2015

WE CHECKED AN EXERCISE YOU HAD FOR HOMEWORK TO USE THE THREE TYPES OF CONDITIONALS.

THEN, WE CONTINUED TALKING ABOUT AN ARTICLE  WE READ THE WEEK BEFORE. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT ARTICLE, YOU EXPRESSED YOUR OWN “WISH LIST” RELATED TO SOME TOPICS SUCH AS FAMILY, FRIENDS, HOLIDAY, MONEY. YOU HAD TO TALK ABOUT PRESENT AND PAST SITUATIONS.

ON THE SECOND PART, WE CONTINUED WITH OUR DFC PROJECT. AFTER ADDING MORE IDEAS FOR THE PROJECT, WE VOTED THE BEST IDEA. AND THE WINNER WAS: SENDING A LETTER TO TOWN HALL ASKING FOR MORE BICYCLE STANDS. NOW, YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT THE REQUIREMENTS TO SEND A LETTER TO TOWN HALL. BESIDES, YOU HAVE TO THINK WHERE THOSE STANDS WILL BE NECESSARY. YOU HAVE TO COLLECT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN ABOUT THE THINGS WE ARE ASKING FOR THE  TOWN HALL AND PEOPLE’S OPINION.

19/02/2015

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS, WE CHECKED HOMEWORK. THERE WERE SOME EXERCISES FOR YOU TO FEEL IN USING I WISH/IF ONLY... YOU HAD TO TALK ABOUT PRESENT/PAST SITUATIONS. AFTER THAT WE READ AND COMMENTED ABOUT A GREEK MAN: SOZOS. HE USED TO BUY A TICKET LOTTERY EVERY WEEK. ONE DAY, ,AS HE WAS STANDING IN A QUEUE WAITING FOR HIS TICKETS ,HE SAW AN  OLD LADY AND OFFERED HER HIS PLACE IN THE QUEUE. THE NEXT WEEK HE SAW ON TV THE WINNING TICKET WAS THE ONE THE OLD LADY HAD BOUGHT.

ON THE BASIS OF THAT STORY, WE MADE EXPECULATIONS ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT SOZOS LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF HE HADNT LET THE OLD LADY HIS PLACE AT THE QUEUE. YOU WERE RECICLYNG THIRD CONDITIONAL. 

FINALLY WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT A COUPLE WHO BOUGHT AN ISLAND ON THE PACIFIC AND BECAUSE OF AN EARTHQUEAKE THEY LOST EVERYTHING. WE USED EXPRESSIONS SUCH US IF THEY HAD KNOWN THEY SHOULD HAVE...IF THEY HADN'T...THEY WISH THEY...

ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS WE STARTED WORKING ON THE PROYECT WORK. YOU BEGAN BY GIVING IDEAS ABOUT THE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL, NEIGHBOURHOOD AND LEGANÉS. THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE A LIST OF THE THINGS YOU CAN CHANGE. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ONLY THREE STUDENTS IN THE CLASS MANY IDEAS CAME UP. YOU WROTE THOSE IDEAS ON A POST-IT AND STICK THEM IN A BIG PAPER ON THE BOARD. THEN YOU REORGANIZED THOSE IDEAS IN GROUPS ACCORDING TO THE TOPICS. NEXT CLASSWE WILL SORT OUT THOSE IDEAS AND WILL DO THE VOTING TO SEE THE ONES YOU CAN CARRY OUT. 

FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPOSSED TO FILL IN SOME EXERCISES ABOUT THE THREE TYPES OF CONDITIONALS.

12-02-15

THIS WEEK WE HAS A FLIP CLASS.
FIRST WE CHECKED SOME EXERCISES ABOUT THE USE OF I WISH, IF ONLY.
THEM WE  TALKED ABOUT CARNIVAL: WE ANALISED A TEXT A BOUT CARNIVAL IN BRAZIL. WE TALKED ABOT THE DIFFERENT CITIES WERE IT TAKES PLACE: RIO DE JANIERO,SALVADOR AND RECIFE. THE DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC, COSTUMES AND DANCERS. THEN YOU COMPLETED AN EXERCISE TO CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING. FINALLY WE WATCHED A VIDEO BY MICHAEL JACKSON WITH ONE  OF THE MOST FAMOUS GROUP OF MUSICIANS FOR CARNIVAL: THE ODONEUM.
IN THE SECOND PART, WE VISITED TEACHER BEGOÑA`S CLASSROOM. THERE THE STUDENTS HAD PREPARED SOME GAMES  ABOUT VALENTINE´S DAY. THERE WAS ALSO A HANGMAN. THEY ALSO ASKED MISCELLANEAS QUESTIONS FOR THE NEW STUDENTS TO ANSWER. FINALLY THEY PLAYED BINGO ABOUT VALENTINE´S VOCABULARY. YOU HAD A GREAT TIME AND ENJOY YOURSELVES!

05-02-15

DEAR STUDENTS,

THIS WEEK WE REVISED THE USE OF IF ONLY,  I WISH....WE CHECKED SOME EXERCISES FOR TO USE THOSE EXPRESSIONS. AND YOU DID IT VERY WELL!!

WE HAD A LISTENING TO COMMENT SOME OTHER PEOPLE`S REGRETS AND WISHES. YOU COMMENTED ABOUT YOURS TOO. THEN WE HAD SOME EXERCISES FOR YOU TO REPHRASE USING CONDITIONALS AND THE EXPRESSIONS WE MENTIONED BEFORE.

 ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS, I EXPLAINED WHAT OUR NEXT PROJECT WILL BE. WE WATCHED A VIDEO ABOUT DESIGN FOR CHANGE AND YOU GAVE YOUR OPINIONS. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO START GATHERING IDEAS POR THAT PROJECT WORK.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES FOR VALENTINE´S DAY.WE EXCHANGED IDEAS ABOUT TASKS.NEXT CLASS, WE´LL SEE WHAT YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR "YOUR STUDENTS".

28-01-15

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED REVISING THE THIRD TYPE OF CONDITIONAL.
YOU FILLED IN SOME EXERCISES IT WAS HARD WORK FOR YOU TO ORGANIZED THOSE SENTENCES, THERE ALSO WERE SOME SENTENCES TO BE REPHRASED.
WE ALSO INTRODUCED THE USE OF I WISH...., IF ONLY..... WHEN TALKING ABOU PRESENT SITUATIONS.
THERE WAS A LISTENING ABOUT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR REGRETS.
YOU SPECULATED ABOUT DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.AND ALSO GAVE YOUR OWN EXAMPLES ABOUT YOUR OWN REGRETS.Y
OU PRACTICED EXPRESSIONS: IF ONLY I DIDN´T,I SHOULDN´T HAVE.....,SOMETIMES I WISH..,IF ONLY I HADN´T.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO FILL IN  SOME EXERCISES USING  THE NEW EXPRESSIONS.

22-01-15

THIS WEEK WE STARTED BY REVISING THE USE OF PAST PERFECT COMPARED WITH SIMPLE PAST.
WE ALSO REVISED THE USE OF FIRST AND SECOND CONDITIONAL TO INTRODUCE THE THIRD TYPE AND TALK ABOUT AN IMPOSIBLE SITUATION. YOUR EXAMPLES FROM REAL LIFE WERE VERY INTERESTING.SOME OF YOU HAD LOTS OF REGRETS!
WE HAD AN EXTENDED ORAL ACTIVITY TO REVISE MIXED CONDITIONALS. YOU WERE IN TWO GROUPS AND FIRST WE EXPLAINED WHAT A  GAP YEAR WAS. SOME OF YOU POINTED OUT THE ADVANTAGES  FOR A GAP YEAR: METTING NEW PEOPLE, DIFFERENT PLACES, LEARNING ABOUT OTHER CULTURES, LIVING ON YOUR OWN. SOME OTHER STUDENTS TALKED ABOUT DISAVANTAGES: SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, MISSING THE FAMILY,DEPENDING ON YOUR OWN,ETC.YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO USE CONDITIONALS TO TALK ABOUT THAT HIPOTHETICAL SITUATION.
AT FIRST YOU READ A BLOG FROM A GIRL SPENDING A GAP YEAR IN BRAZIL AND HER  EXPERIENCE. THEN , YOU  ASKED TWO QUESTIONS PER GROUP. ONCE THIS, ONE GROUP EXCHANGED THE QUESTIONS WITH THE OTHE GROUP TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.ONCE THIS , THE GROUPS RECOVERED THEIR ORIGINAL QUESTIONS TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER GROUP HAD ANSWERED.
FINALLY IT WAS YOUR TURN TO POST TO YOUR OWN BLOG IMAGINING YOU HAD A GAP YEAR ABROAD. SOME PEOPLE "WENT "TO AFRICA TO HELP POOR PEOPLE AND  SCHOOLS, AND THE OTHER GROUP TO FRANCE TO IMPROVE THEIR LANGUAGE.LASTLY, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR EXPRIENCE AND LET THE OTHER GOUP ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. YOU WORKED HARD!
 FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARES SUPPOSED TO COMPLETE SOME EXERCISES ABOUT THIRD TYPE OF CONDITIONALS.

15-01-15

IT WAS HARD FOR TO GO BACK  TO WORK AFTER HOLIDAYS!

 YOU  FELT LIKE TALKING A LOT ABOUT YOUR HOLIDAYS: ACTIVITES, PRESENTS, BUT WE HAD TO GET BACK TO WORK.
WE REVISED MODALS TO TALK ABOUT POSIBILITY IN THE PRESENT OR IN THE PAST.WE MADE DEDUCTIONS BASED ON PICTURES.
THEN WE REVISED THE PAST PERFECT BY FILLING IN AN EXERCISE USING SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PERFECT.
IT DIDN´T SEEM VERY EASY FOR YOU AT THE BEGINNING. IT TOOK YOU LONGER THAN EXPECTED  BUT THEN YOU GOT USED TO THAT
.WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT SOMEONE TLKING ABOUT A  THE SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS WHICH YOU HAD TO PUT IN ORDER.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO END UP AN EXERCISE  USING PAST PERFECT. HOPE YOU DON´T FORGET!